Kollum Attractions
Commune: Kollumerland
The village of Kollum lies in northeastern Friesland. Its main features of interest are a number of handsome old houses in Oosterburgstraat and on the Westerdiepswal, the Empire-style Town Hall and above all the Gothic St Maartenskerk (15th C.), a brick-built church with a stone tower and spire (17th C.) and fine paintings on the vaulting.
The village of Kollum lies in northeastern Friesland. Its main features of interest are a number of handsome old houses in Oosterburgstraat and on the Westerdiepswal, the Empire-style Town Hall and above all the Gothic St Maartenskerk (15th C.), a brick-built church with a stone tower and spire (17th C.) and fine paintings on the vaulting.
Veenklooster - Fogelsangh State, Netherlands
(Near Kollum)
Southwest of Kollum is the village of Veenklooster, with the country house of Fôgelsangh State, built in the 17th century on the site of a Premonstratensian monastery and enlarged in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is now an annex of the Frisian Museum in Leeuwarden. The house, with the original decoration and furnishings, gives an impression of the life of a Frisian noble family in the 18th and 19th centuries. An old family coach is also on display.
